A friend in Oregon got mailed the wrong ballot.

[KamaAina]

She got the nonpartisan one, meaning she can't vote in the upcoming primary.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that she isn't the only one.

[bkkyosemite]

1. I'll let you know when I go to the mailbox a little later today..the election office will remember

me from the last time I called if there is a new problem!

[silvershadow]

2. Bookmarking for follow up. nt

[WheelWalker]

3. Plenty of time to get the right one from county elections, I should think.

That's the great thing about vote by mail. It's a paper ballot and you get it well in advance of the deadline to vote.

[Gothmog]

5. Deadline has passed

[WheelWalker]

22. Deadline has passed to change registration; howeve if registered correctly but ballot sent that

is not consistent with the registration, I believe there is a remedy. I'd be interested to know what county is involved. Here in Douglas County, they only planned on mailing out the ballots today, Friday April 29, according to the Roseburg News Review.

[LiberalFighter]

31. If Douglas County didn't begin mailing until Friday, April 29 they violated Oregon law.

254.470 Procedures for conducting election by mail; rules.

(1) The Secretary of State by rule shall establish requirements and criteria for the designation of places of deposit for the ballots cast in an election. The rules shall also specify the dates and times the places of deposit must be open and the security requirements for the places of deposit. At a minimum, the places designated under this section shall be open on the date of the election for a period of eight or more hours, but must be open until at least 8 p.m. At each place of deposit designated under this section, the county clerk shall prominently display a sign stating that the location is an official ballot drop site.

(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the county clerk shall mail by nonforwardable mail an official ballot with a return identification envelope and a secrecy envelope not sooner than the 20th day before the date of an election and not later than the 14th day before the date of the election, to each active elector of the electoral district as of the 21st day before the date of the election.

(b) If the county clerk determines that an active elector of the electoral district as of the 21st day before the date of the election does not receive daily mail service from the United States Postal Service, the county clerk shall mail by nonforwardable mail an official ballot with a return identification envelope and a secrecy envelope to the elector not sooner than the 20th day before the date of an election and not later than the 18th day before the date of the election

(c) In the case of ballots to be mailed to addresses outside this state to electors who are not military or overseas electors, the county clerk may mail the ballots not sooner than the election.

(3) For an election held on the date of a primary election:

(a) The county clerk shall mail the official ballot of a major political party to each elector who is registered as being affiliated with the major political party as of the 21st day before the date of the election.

(b) The county clerk shall mail the official ballot of a major political party to an elector not affiliated with any political party if the elector has applied for the ballot as provided in this subsection and that party has provided under ORS 254.365 for a primary election that admits electors not affiliated with any political party.

(c) An elector not affiliated with any political party who wishes to vote in the primary election of a major political party shall apply to the county clerk in writing. The application shall indicate which major political party ballot the elector wishes to receive. Except for electors described in subsection (4) of this section, and subject to ORS 247.203, the application must be received by the county clerk not later than 5 p.m. of the 21st day before the date of the election.

(d) If the primary election ballot includes city, county or nonpartisan offices or measures, the county clerk shall mail to each elector who is not eligible to vote for party candidates a ballot limited to those offices and measures for which the elector is eligible to vote.

(4) For each elector who updates a voter registration after the deadline in ORS 247.025, the county clerk shall make the official ballot, the return identification envelope and the secrecy envelope available either by mail or at the county clerk’s office or at another place designated by the county clerk. An elector to whom this subsection applies must request a ballot from the county clerk.

[WheelWalker]

32. You are reading that incorrectly, I believe. The section you bolded addresses those to whom

a primary ballot will be sent (an elector who, by April 21, registered to a major political party.

Section 2(a) addresses when ballots for an election will be mailed out... not early than the 20th day before the scheduled election, and not later than the 14th day before the election. Since the election is on the 17th May, April 29 falls within that window.

Looks to me like April 28 would be the absolute earliest the ballots could be sent out.

Do you see something wrong with how I'm reading this?

[LiberalFighter]

34. My mistake. I was thinking the date for Indiana's primary.

My focus right now is Indiana.

[Gothmog]

4. Oregon is a closed primary and you had to register as Democrat 21 days prior to primary

[sadoldgirl]

6. So, here we go again?!!!

[nolawarlock]

7. It's amazing how many election-rigging super powers Hillary seems to have ...

[workinclasszero]

35. IKR?

And they always know exactly who is going to be voting for Sanders!

Amazing!

[KamaAina]

8. So it would appear.

[CorporatistNation]

33. TOTALLY! HILLBILL CANNOT WIN ANYTHING W/O SHENANIGANS!

What "Democracy?"

[Chasstev365]

9. No: just another random "coincidence"

Isn't that what they claim EVERY TIME?

[Wilms]

17. Glitch. A "glitch".

Get with the program!

[Joob]

28. Uh guys, I believe it's "Irregularity" now

[Retrograde]

10. Has she contacted the appropriate registrar?

I've rarely had problems with mail-in ballots in California, but when I did the county registrar got it fixed immediately. Since Oregon is all mail-in voting, I'd be surprised if there isn't an SOP for what to do with wrong/damaged/missing/mistaken ballots.

[politicaljunkie41910]

21. Agreed. I was going to suggest the same thing.

[DrDan]

11. Hillary has been busy opening up all those envelopes and switching ballots, resealing and

dropping off at the Post Office . . . .

[JudyM]

14. Because she does it on her own without her minions.

[WhiteTara]

12. Was she not registered as a Democrat?

If she is, then she should be able to get the correct ballot. The county office should have a copy of her registration.

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. Mine was correct.

Just sealed it up...ready to drop in the mail!

[KingFlorez]

15. Did she register as a Democrat?

If she didn't, then it was not a mistake.

[sufrommich]

16. Uh huh. nt

[KamaAina]

18. Why would she lie about such a thing?

[Igel]

24. She may not be lying.

She may be misremembering. Or put a check mark in the wrong box.

Or somebody entered it incorrectly into the database. Or the piece of paper was scanned incorrectly.

Or somebody put a stack of non-partisan ballots on top of (D) ballots and they got loaded into the machine.

Lots of things can go wrong. People try to improve their percent accurate rate, but perfection is beyond most of us. (And I find that those that sincerely think themselves perfect just aren't really human(e).)

We like being offended. We require that others, but never ourselves, be infallible. So it can't be some reasonable mistake. And if there is a mistake, it's got to be malicious. That works for the Other, in this case the evil, nasty government that we personally don't control. But the same assumptions are projected on others, so your friend can't make a simple mistake--she has to be duplicitous and deceptive if she's in error as to the facts, so she needs to be defended against such scurrilous charges.

[Retrograde]

30. There you go again, trying to make sense :)

We also tend to overlook or minimize screwups when they're in our favor.

It sounds like there are a lot of problems. But when you look at a country of ~100 million eligible voters, myriads of different voting systems, thousands of people workIing elections -many only on election days -, confused or inexperienced voters I'm surprised we don't have more problems.

And problems should be reported to the people actually in a position to fix them, not to the social medium du jour, even though it's easier and more fun to whine about how one is being oppressed. Are there real systemic issues with voting in this country? Probably. I'm afraid that all the non-productive posts about vast conspiracies is pushing them to the background.

[winter is coming]

19. Not just her, but she may be able to get it fixed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4gwydl/looks_like_oregon_is_having_registration_issues/d2lnf5p

Oregonian here.

I switched my registration only to receive a non affiliated party ballot.

I called and a human answered, confirmed my name and birthday and said "you will get your new ballot within a week, because you switched sometimes ballots get crossed in the mail".

[litlbilly]

20. I checked my registrations yesterday and still said democrat, waiting for the ballots now, either

tomorrow or Monday. I'm guessing if your friend got the wrong one, they should be able to get a new one. Have no idea.

[fun n serious]

23. Is she an Indy?

That is usually what has been happening. Indies get an Indy ballot and cry foul. I got mine yesterday, it's fine but I have ALWAYS BEEN A DEM

[LWolf]

25. I haven't gotten my ballot yet.

I've checked my registration status repeatedly, though.

[Faux pas]

26. Haven't gotten mine yet.

My voters pamphlet is right. Will be on the lookout, what a steaming pile!

[Trajan]

27. Got mine ...

Going out TODAY !

I had no problems ... Love Vote By Mail ...

[grasswire]

37. hey! nt

[Tarc]

29. Here we go again....the excuse ramp-up...

[workinclasszero]

36. Yes they have to get the narrative going before the election

Quick Bernie fact: BS has not lost ANY primary! They were all stolen from him!

[Alextoast]

38. Happened to me too.

I was an independent until 10 days prior to the cutoff to register as a dem and still vote in the primary. Got an independent ballot, and almost didn't even realize anything was off. I was assuming another balloy would be sent for the presidential nomination, so I had it all sealed and ready to go. Glad I thought before mailing it. I plan to pick up the proper ballot somewhere today if I can. Office doesn't open for another hour though.